The second half of the 20th century. In principle, the story is quite recent and events could still take place in the memory of many blog readers. However, let us recall the main ones. At the very beginning of the second half of the 20th century, the Korean War was unleashed, in 1953 Stalin died, and a few years later the new leader of the USSR Khrushchev read a report on the exposure of the personality cult of the "father of nations". There are revolutions in Iraq and Cuba. 1960 is declared the Year of Africa, because 17 African countries gained independence that year. A year later, the USSR launched the Vostok apparatus into space with the first person on board, Yuri Gagarin, and a year later, the Caribbean Crisis broke out. Israel is periodically at war with the Arab countries, the "Prague Spring" flares up in Czechoslovakia, the regime of "black colonels" is established in Greece, and the Watergate scandal flares up in the USA. There are civil wars in Lebanon and Angola. A coup in Afghanistan where Soviet troops are being introduced, an attempt was made on the life of Pope John Paul II. The policy of perestroika in the USSR began, the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of the two Germanys. The collapse of the USSR, the war in Chechnya, the terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway and many other events, the chronology of which is presented below.
1950-1953 The Korean War is a conflict between North Korea and South Korea
1951 Creation of ANZUS ("Pacific Security Pact") - the military bloc of the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Treaty of San Francisco - settlement of relations with Japan
1952 Revolution in Egypt, overthrow of the monarchy
3/5/1953 Death of Joseph Stalin
1955 Creation of a military bloc CENTO (Baghdad Pact):Great Britain, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan. Creation of the Warsaw Pact Organization - the military-political bloc of the USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia
1956 XX Congress of the CPSU. N. Khrushchev's report on the exposure of Stalin's personality cult. Hungarian uprising
1956-1957 The Suez Crisis (Second Arab-Israeli War) is an international conflict over the status of the Suez Canal. UK, France and Israel vs. Egypt
1957 Established the European Economic Community (later the European Community)
1958 July Revolution in Iraq. Establishment of the Republic
1959 Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro. The Antarctic Treaty was signed, providing for the demilitarization of the Antarctic region, its use for exclusively peaceful purposes and its transformation into a zone free of nuclear weapons
1960 "Year of Africa" - 17 African countries gained independence
4/12/1961 Flight of Yuri Gagarin into space on the Vostok spacecraft
October 1962 Caribbean crisis (confrontation between the US and the USSR over Soviet nuclear missiles deployed in Cuba)
1963 In Moscow, the USSR, the USA and Great Britain signed the Treaty on the Ban on Nuclear Tests in the Atmosphere, Outer Space and Under Water
11/22/1963 35th US President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas
1965-1973 "Tonkin Incident". US entry into the Vietnam War on the side of South Vietnam
1966-1976 Politics of the "cultural revolution" in China
June 1967 The six-day war between Israel on the one hand and Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Algeria on the other
1967-1974 . The military coup of Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Greece, the establishment of the regime of "black colonels"
1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - signed by 40 countries, including the USSR, the USA, Great Britain
May 1968 The social crisis in France, which resulted in riots and a general strike. Resignation of President Charles de Gaulle
01/05-08/20/1968 "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia, which ended with the entry of Warsaw Pact troops into the country
1969 Soviet-Chinese border conflict on Damansky Island. Coup by Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Proclamation of the Libyan Arab Republic
1970 Expulsion from Jordan of the Palestine Liberation Organization - "Black September"
1971-1975 ANZUK is a military-political alliance of Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain
1972-1974 Watergate scandal in the USA. Resignation of President Richard Nixon
1973 Paris conference. End of the Vietnam War. Coup d'état in Chile. The overthrow of Salvador Allende. Establishment of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
October 1973 The fourth Arab-Israeli war (“the Yom Kippur War”) is a military conflict between Israel on the one hand, and Egypt and Syria on the other
1974 In Portugal, as a result of the victory of the “carnation revolution”, the fascist regime was overthrown
1975 Helsinki Accords (Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe)
1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War
1975-2002 Civil War in Angola
1978 April revolution in Afghanistan, coming to power of Nur Mohammed Taraki
1978-1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty (Camp David Accords)
1979 The overthrow of the Pol Pot regime. The beginning of the civil war in Cambodia. Islamic revolution in Iran. The overthrow of Shah Reza Pahlavi. Proclamation of the Islamic Republic. Revolution in Afghanistan. Amin's rise to power. The entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan
February-March 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1980 Military coup by General Kenan Evren in Turkey
1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War
1981 Attempted coup d'état in Spain. Polish social movement led by the Solidarity trade union. Establishment of martial law in Poland. Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The coming to power of President Hosni Mubarak
May 1981 Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II by Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca
1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina for control of the Falklands. The "Lebanese War" is an Israeli military operation in Lebanon with the aim of destroying the bases of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Introduction to Beirut of the multinational force
1982-1990 Lebanese Civil War
1983-2009 Civil war in Sri Lanka between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1984 Assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Bhopal disaster in India
1985-1991 Perestroika policy in the USSR
1986 The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
12/8/1987 Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Missiles between the USSR and the USA
1988 Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
1989 Paris Conference on Chemical Weapons. As a result, representatives of 149 countries signed the Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Poisonous Gases, Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan has been completed. "Velvet Revolution" in Czechoslovakia. National Democratic Revolution in Romania. Arrest and execution of N. Ceausescu
1989-1990 Unification of the two Germanys. The destruction of the Berlin Wall
1991 The collapse of the USSR. August coup. Belavezha agreement. The collapse of Yugoslavia. Balkan wars. Termination of the Warsaw Pact
January-February 1991 The Gulf War between the multinational forces and Iraq for the liberation and restoration of the independence of Kuwait
02/07/1992 Signing of the Maastricht Treaty. Beginning of the European Union
1993 The disintegration of Czechoslovakia into two states - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (CHB-II) between the United States and the Russian Federation. constitutional crisis. Storming the White House in Moscow
1994 Rwandan conflict. Civil War in Yemen
1994-1996 Chechen conflict (First Chechen war). Khasavyurt Agreement
1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack (Aum Senrikyo religious sect)
1996 "Desert Strike" - US military operation against Iraq
1997 Asian financial crisis. Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China. Ottawa Treaty Prohibiting the Use, Production, Stockpiling and Export of Anti-Personnel Mines
1998 US and UK conduct military operation "Desert Fox" against Iraq
1998-1999 Kosovo war. NATO troops against Yugoslavia
1999 Kargil armed conflict between India and Pakistan over border territories. The United States handed over control of the Panama Canal to the government of Panama
1999-2009 Second Chechen War
2000 The nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea. US presidential elections. Election of George Bush Jr.
2000-2004 Election of President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The course towards strengthening the role of Russia in the international arena
2001 NATO military operation in Afghanistan. Elimination of the Taliban regime
9/11/2001 Terrorist attacks in the USA. The World Trade Center was destroyed, the Pentagon building was damaged
2003 The military operation of the international coalition led by the United States against Iraq. The overthrow of the government of Saddam Hussein. Rose Revolution in Georgia. Resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze.